written and photographed by Chuck Giles
Mar 2004, Vol. 8 No. 5
I must have been on the edge. Why else would I be riding a bike in Egypt? The truth of the matter is that months earlier I had read a small notice in a cycling magazine advertising the Tour d’Afrique. My interest was piqued, and after checking out their website, I wanted to accept this challenge. Tour d’Afrique was a 120-day bike race beginning in Cairo, Egypt and ending in Cape Town, South Africa. The distance, covering the entire length of Africa, was 11,000 km. or 6,900 miles. 20 rest days were including during the grueling four-month traverse of the continent.